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was busy in 2018. The venture firm had $7 billion under management and invested $650 million this year. It made 70 new and follow-on investments, with 14 noteworthy liquidity events (acquisitions or initial public offerings). Norwest’s portfolio now boasts 140 active companies, and its big deals included the , , and . Norwest also closed […]

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Looking for a new Google Assistant-imbued, Dolby Atmos-driven soundbar to drive your living room setup’s sound? Look no further than LG’s refreshed portfolio. The Seoul electronics giant today unveiled a trio of new models — the SL10YG, SL9YG, and SL8YG — ahead of the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show next month in Las Vegas, and they look to […]

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Regardless of the industry, project managers are in increasingly high demand. Companies of all types and sizes are interested in hiring talented and trained managers who can help exceed goals, inspire teams, and eliminate waste — and these companies are rewarding these management professionals with lucrative payouts. The will give you the skills you need […]

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The Indian government is playing the role of festive party pooper for Walmart and Amazon after it announced new regulations that look set to impede the U.S. duo’s efforts to grow their businesses in India. Online commerce in the country is tipped to surpass $100 billion per year by 2022 up from $35 billion today […]

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This past year may not have been quite the international breakthrough Huawei executives had wanted, but it still turned out to be pretty darn good, despite an for the Chinese tech giant. Two developments on Thursday perfectly encapsulated the whipsaw year Huawei has experienced. First, , the company said 2018 revenue is projected to be $108.5 […]

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MUMBAI/DELHI (By Sankalp Phartiyal and Sudarshan Varadhan, Reuters) – Apple will begin assembling its top-end iPhones in India through the local unit of Foxconn as early as 2019, the first time the Taiwanese contract manufacturer will have made the product in the country, according to a source familiar with the matter. Importantly, Foxconn will be […]

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People in China have a host of reasons not to go outdoors these days. They may be too busy to leave their office, wary of air pollution or have chosen to live isolated lives. Among them is an expanding young consumer base who prefers to dwell in the virtual world of video games, animes and […]

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Some of you out there may be lucky enough to have received over the holidays a fancy new robot vacuum. Turns out it’s even more useful than you’d think: in addition to cleaning your home, it can scan its surroundings and produce a Doom level of your home! Just the right thing to ring in […]

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Samsung’s Creative Lab — or C-Lab, for short — opened its doors in 2012, and over the past six years, the internal incubator’s birthed innovations like , , and apps. (Samsung employees get a year off from their regular work to pursue a business idea.) Now, ahead of the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in […]

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Robert Ackerman Jr. Contributor Robert Ackerman Jr. is the founder and a managing director of AllegisCyber, an early-stage cybersecurity venture firm, and a founder of DataTribe, a cybersecurity startup “studio” in metropolitan Washington, D.C. More posts by this contributor The healthcare industry is in a world of cybersecurity hurt Can data science save social media? […]

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